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I saw it several years ago at Cosmo and learned it then. Back in PA they have it and each time I visited I would play it and I like it much more than regular blackjack (which I will play as well provided the rules are good).

V/P had it and then dumped it and then brought it back, thankfully.

In July I went on a huge run and cashed out $2900 at Palazzo. A lot of that was because as I won I increased my match the dealer bets and was getting lucky.

Why do I like it? Double at any time...immediate wins on 21...match the dealer...different payouts for hitting suited and/or sequential 6-7-8's

Do you think that the basic strategy in Spanish21 is easy to learn? one of the reasons I've been shying away from it is because I think basic strategy would be hard to learn, I have decent Blackjack strategy but Spanish21 seems like it has so many more things to memorize

Do you think that the basic strategy in Spanish21 is easy to learn? one of the reasons I've been shying away from it is because I think basic strategy would be hard to learn, I have decent Blackjack strategy but Spanish21 seems like it has so many more things to memorize

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I would think so, yes.

As much as I adhere to BS in blackjack I throw a lot of it out the window when playing S21.

I will still hit 12 vs 2 and make the right calls on soft hands...but with the subtraction of all 10's from the decks and with the increased payouts on the different combos of 21 you can take shots where you normally wouldn't.

So if I am sitting on a 6-7 and the dealer is showing a card that I normally stay on I sometimes take a shot at hitting that 6-7-8.

The extra options make it that much more fun for me. When I am playing regular BJ I sometimes get into that monotonous rhythm of BS and I get bored.

As much as I adhere to BS in blackjack I throw a lot of it out the window when playing S21.

I will still hit 12 vs 2 and make the right calls on soft hands...but with the subtraction of all 10's from the decks and with the increased payouts on the different combos of 21 you can take shots where you normally wouldn't.

So if I am sitting on a 6-7 and the dealer is showing a card that I normally stay on I sometimes take a shot at hitting that 6-7-8.

The extra options make it that much more fun for me. When I am playing regular BJ I sometimes get into that monotonous rhythm of BS and I get bored.

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yeah I think the extra options make the game look more fun as well, though I dont think I know the game well enough to feel confident playing it, (I think I could get that confidence pretty quick)

did you actually memorize the basic strategy table for spanish21 completely?? the tables look kinda overwhelming to me.

Also, do you think the match side bet is a bet worth making? or should I just avoid it because its silly?

No...I play it on feeling with some regular blackjack BS sprinkled in.

A few times a tablemate got salty with me taking a hit when showing 6-7 against a dealer 5 or 6 or when I had 7-7...but I just tell them to look down at the payouts right in front of them on the table and see why I am taking a shot.

But honestly most of the time people who sit down to play seek out the game because they are fans so they get what it is all about.

Yeah I think in all the hands i have played maybe I have done it four or five times and that was in PA casinos.

I want to nail that damn 7-7-7 suited with a dealer upcard 7...

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